Speaker Vos Says Impeaching Justice Protasiewicz is Not Off the Table

Friday, October 13th, 2023 -- 2:00 PM

(Raymond Neupert, WRN) Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says impeaching Wisconsin's newest Supreme Court Justice is not off the table if she rules on legislative maps.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says impeaching Wisconsin's newest Supreme Court Justice is not off the table if she rules on legislative maps. Vos said Justice Janet Protasiewicz needs to recuse herself from lawsuits challenging those maps.

"I'm not a lawyer, but the most important thing in our legal system is the ability to have stare decisis where when a court makes a decision, every time a new person enters the court, you don't upset everything just because you have new people on the court."

Vos said he wants to see Protasiewicz recuse herself from any rulings on legislative maps. "I want to see how she goes through the process. She said she's gonna follow the law. The most important aspect of the law is following past precedent. And if we follow past precedent, the laws are constitutional."

Republicans argue that Protasiewicz cannot objectively rule on redistricting because she campaigned against the current maps while running for the Supreme Court.  Former conservative State Supreme Court Justices David Prosser and Jon Wilcox have counseled Vos against impeachment.

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